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Newline Boards

Brunswick County Schools

2020-2021

Follow along: https://bit.ly/bcsnewline

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BCS Digital Learning Department

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Essential Question

How do I navigate Newline Board tools and implement their use for instructional purposes?

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Connecting the Laptop to the Display

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Getting Started

You will then see this screen after you PRESS START.

Click Windows PC icon to plug in your laptop and teach using it.

Click the “Browser” icon to teach from the web.

Click “File Viewer” to access Screenshots (Photos) and Microsoft documents.

Click Gadgets icon to see other apps.

Click the Whiteboard icon to access the whiteboard.

Click the “Screen sharing” icon to screencast from your device.

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User Interface Review

Watch the video to review the Newline interface if you need it after this training.

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Screen Tour

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Touring the Screen

Whiteboard

Home

Return

PC hookup

Move the menu bar

Annotation Tool

Sidebars are located on both sides of the screen. You can extend and collapse these side bars using two fingers. You can move them up and down the screen using one finger.

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Touring the Screen

This is the screen annotation tool

  • Touch the screen annotation tool to begin writing on any screen.
  • You can write over websites, documents and videos!
  • Touch the screen annotation tool again to take a picture of your screen and exit the overlay.
  • Using this tool will always take a picture of what you have written on the screen.

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Touring the Screen

The screen you are seeing now is the Whiteboard Screen.

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Change the Whiteboard

The whiteboard is set to classic. You can change it to the new whiteboard by clicking...

Settings icon (found in top right corner of main menu)> Scroll down under whiteboard> Click New Whiteboard

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Change the Theme

Click “Settings” in top right corner of main screen>Scroll down to “Themes”>Choose the theme

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The Whiteboard

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Using the Embedded Whiteboard

  • Add images
  • Change pens
  • Change backgrounds
  • Select objects
  • Type text

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Types of Interactive Touch

When using annotation tool or whiteboard you can adjust setting to be able to write with finger and pens.

Finger/Hand

Pens

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Interactive Tools

To write with the pens

To Highlight

To Erase

To Clear Entire Page

Lasso- move things around

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Interactive Tools

Undo/Redo

Add Page

Navigate Pages

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Object Recognition

  • Turn on object recognition in your whiteboard
  • Choose a thickness and color from your pens
  • Use your stylus (pen) to choose another color.
  • Write with two different colors and thicknesses on your panel.

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Sharing Your Screen

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Newline Cast

  • Wirelessly share your screen (or your students’ screens) to your Newline board.
  • No need for cables or signing in or out of Google.

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Newline Cast-How To

  • Go to Newline Cast from your board to display directions to students.

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  • Casters: Go to https://displaynote.com/join/
  • Choose “connect via web”
  • Enter your session ID number (found on the board) and your name.
  • You are now casting!

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Newline Broadcasting

  • Broadcast the content on the board to your students
  • Students will click on a link and be taken to the content on the board.
  • Sound and interactivity do not go with cast. It is a one way, visual aid for you to share your board content with your students.
  • You do not all have to be on the same network.

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Newline Broadcasting-How To

  • Choose “Newline Broadcasting”
  • Give students
    • The link and code
    • Or the public link at the bottom

You are now broadcasting what is on your Newline Board.

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Software

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IdeaMax Software

If you can’t locate the ideaMax software on your laptop desktop...you will need to put in a work order to the tech department to get the software pushed out.

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IdeaMax Software-How To

Whiteboard Toolbar

Whiteboard to Annotation (Transparency)

Eraser-erases writing. Click twice to have eraser options. You must delete objects.

Change pen settings

Tool Kit

Undo/Redo

Page control

Expand/Collapse toolbar

Create text

See manual here. You must be logged into BCS email to view. If you are on a shared browser and you are having trouble; log out of all and sign in with work email only.

Move objects

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IdeaMax Software-How To

Whiteboard Toolbox

Zoom

Curtain

See manual here. You must be logged into BCS email to view. If you are on a shared browser and you are having trouble; log out of all and sign in with work email only.

Onscreen Keyboard

Basic Calculator

Clock, stopwatch, timer

Record Screen

Insert Media

Spotlight

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IdeaMax Software-How To

Annotation Toolbar

Whiteboard to Annotation (Transparency)

Eraser-erases writing. You must delete text.

Change pen settings

Tool Kit

Undo/Redo

Slideshow control

Takes a picture

Expand/Collapse toolbar

Annotations are embedded in slideshow when this is clicked.

See manual here. You must be logged into BCS email to view. If you are on a shared browser and you are having trouble; log out of all and sign in with work email only.

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IdeaMax Software- Annotation Toolbox

Onscreen Keyboard

Basic Calculator

Clock, stopwatch, timer

Freeform Snip Tool

Record Screen

Insert Media

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Oktopus Software

If you can’t locate the octopus software on your laptop desktop...you will need to put in a work order to the tech department to get the software pushed out.

There are some issues with the Oktopus software. Please continue using your SMART Notebook software until this is resolved.

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Click here to learn about each of the Oktopus Learning Tools

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Oktopus Software Learning Suite

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Watch the video to learn how to search for lessons in the Oktopus Software

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